HIGH SCHOOL: Earned All-South Jersey honors as senior running back at Collingswood High School ... also captured All-Colonial Conference accolades - as a safety in 2008 and 2009, and as a running back in 2010 ... carried the ball 190 times for 1,577 yards in 2010 - both marks are school records ... rushed for a school-record 18 touchdowns in his senior season ... on defense, recorded 60 tackles and three interceptions ... served as team captain ... played for longtime Panthers head coach Bob Barikian ... also competed on the school's baseball and track teams.

PERSONAL: Ameer Baseer Richardson, born August 8, 1992 ... studying applied psychology and human development in the Lynch School of Education ... Ameer is the son of Laura McNeely; has three sisters and two brothers.